Morag Watson

Morag Watson is the Vice President and Chief Digital Innovation Officer within BP’s Digital Innovation Organization team. Morag and her team work to identify opportunities to accelerate the efficient adoption of new technologies, and deployments at scale within the business, by identifying the next waves of digital opportunities before they have even begun to take shape and remaining vigilant to digital developments that might one day pose a threat.

Before her current role, Morag served as the Director of Global IT Operations and Infrastructure for America’s region. She also held a senior business unit leadership role in BP's Alternative Energy business, running a the distributed energy business as an incubator “start up” business. Previously, Morag was also the CIO and Vice President of the Exploration and Production business of BP where her responsibilities included being accountable for all aspects of digital technology and infrastructure supporting the Upstream activities worldwide. Morag has spent over 25 years with BP, and her expertise has been instrumental in the technology innovation system; from ideation to development, application, standardization and disruption.

Morag’s work has seen numerous coverage in both print and broadcasts around the world, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Financial Times and The Houston Business Journal.

Morag currently serves as BP’s Executive Sponsor for Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is a board member of BP's D&I Council. She is also the Executive Sponsor of BP's Americas Women’s International Network, which is focused on creating a greater pipeline of talent and opportunities for women in technical industries through the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program.

Morag holds an MSc in Management from Stanford University, a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Computing from Aberdeen University and an LTCL from the Trinity College of Music in London.